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Isaiah 26

ASV 1
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: we have a strong city; salvation will he appoint for walls and bulwarks.
NIV 1
In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; God makes salvation its walls and ramparts.
ASV 2
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth faith may enter in.
NIV 2
Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith.
ASV 3
Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee]; because he trusteth in thee.
NIV 3
You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.
ASV 4
Trust ye in Jehovah for ever; for in Jehovah, [even] Jehovah, is an everlasting rock.
NIV 4
Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal.
ASV 5
For he hath brought down them that dwell on high, the lofty city: he layeth it low, he layeth it low even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
NIV 5
He humbles those who dwell on high, he lays the lofty city low; he levels it to the ground and casts it down to the dust.
ASV 6
The foot shall tread it down; even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
NIV 6
Feet trample it down-- the feet of the oppressed, the footsteps of the poor.
ASV 7
The way of the just is uprightness: thou that art upright dost direct the path of the just.
NIV 7
The path of the righteous is level; O upright One, you make the way of the righteous smooth.
ASV 8
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; to thy name, even to thy memorial [name], is the desire of our soul.
NIV 8
Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts.
ASV 9
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
NIV 9
My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
ASV 10
Let favor be showed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness will he deal wrongfully, and will not behold the majesty of Jehovah.
NIV 10
Though grace is shown to the wicked, they do not learn righteousness; even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil and regard not the majesty of the LORD.
ASV 11
Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, yet they see not: but they shall see [thy] zeal for the people, and be put to shame; yea, fire shall devour thine adversaries.
NIV 11
O LORD, your hand is lifted high, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame; let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them.
ASV 12
Jehovah, thou wilt ordain peace for us; for thou hast also wrought all our works for us.
NIV 12
LORD, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us.
ASV 13
O Jehovah our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us; but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
NIV 13
O LORD, our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us, but your name alone do we honor.
ASV 14
[They are] dead, they shall not live; [they are] deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all remembrance of them to perish.
NIV 14
They are now dead, they live no more; those departed spirits do not rise. You punished them and brought them to ruin; you wiped out all memory of them.
ASV 15
Thou hast increased the nation, O Jehovah, thou hast increased the nation; thou art glorified; thou hast enlarged all the borders of the land.
NIV 15
You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; you have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for yourself; you have extended all the borders of the land.
ASV 16
Jehovah, in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out a prayer [when] thy chastening was upon them.
NIV 16
LORD, they came to you in their distress; when you disciplined them, they could barely whisper a prayer.
ASV 17
Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain and crieth out in her pangs; so we have been before thee, O Jehovah.
NIV 17
As a woman with child and about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pain, so were we in your presence, O LORD.
ASV 18
We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
NIV 18
We were with child, we writhed in pain, but we gave birth to wind. We have not brought salvation to the earth; we have not given birth to people of the world.
ASV 19
Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust; for thy dew is [as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.
NIV 19
But your dead will live; their bodies will rise. You who dwell in the dust, wake up and shout for joy. Your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead.
ASV 20
Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
NIV 20
Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until his wrath has passed by.
ASV 21
For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
NIV 21
See, the LORD is coming out of his dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will disclose the blood shed upon her; she will conceal her slain no longer.

New International Version

Isaiah 26

NIV 1
In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; God makes salvation its walls and ramparts.
NIV 2
Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith.
NIV 3
You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.
NIV 4
Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal.
NIV 5
He humbles those who dwell on high, he lays the lofty city low; he levels it to the ground and casts it down to the dust.
NIV 6
Feet trample it down-- the feet of the oppressed, the footsteps of the poor.
NIV 7
The path of the righteous is level; O upright One, you make the way of the righteous smooth.
NIV 8
Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts.
NIV 9
My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
NIV 10
Though grace is shown to the wicked, they do not learn righteousness; even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil and regard not the majesty of the LORD.
NIV 11
O LORD, your hand is lifted high, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame; let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them.
NIV 12
LORD, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us.
NIV 13
O LORD, our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us, but your name alone do we honor.
NIV 14
They are now dead, they live no more; those departed spirits do not rise. You punished them and brought them to ruin; you wiped out all memory of them.
NIV 15
You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; you have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for yourself; you have extended all the borders of the land.
NIV 16
LORD, they came to you in their distress; when you disciplined them, they could barely whisper a prayer.
NIV 17
As a woman with child and about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pain, so were we in your presence, O LORD.
NIV 18
We were with child, we writhed in pain, but we gave birth to wind. We have not brought salvation to the earth; we have not given birth to people of the world.
NIV 19
But your dead will live; their bodies will rise. You who dwell in the dust, wake up and shout for joy. Your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead.
NIV 20
Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until his wrath has passed by.
NIV 21
See, the LORD is coming out of his dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will disclose the blood shed upon her; she will conceal her slain no longer.